Podcasts

Economic Development
The creation of quality jobs in a challenging economy requires rethinking existing strategies. The Federal Reserve and the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) have partnered to offer free podcast interviews with economic development practitioners and academics. Podcasts cover innovative postrecessionary economic development strategies, emerging trends in job creation and workforce development, small business trends, and health care issues.

EconSouth NowEconSouth Now podcast interviews and commentaries are an enhancement to EconSouth, a quarterly magazine focusing on regional economic issues and including coverage of national and international topics.

Financial Update Focus
The Financial Update Focus podcast features interviews and commentaries examining issues in banking and financial services around the Southeast.

Foreclosure Response
Through this series of fourteen interviews experts on various facets of foreclosure—from neighborhood impacts to loan modifications to new strategies—engage listeners in understanding problems and advancing solutions.

Payments SpotlightPayments Spotlight, a product of the Atlanta Fed's Retail Payments Risk Forum, is an occasional podcast series that features interviews and commentaries on emerging risk issues in retail payments.

Perspectives on Real Estate
The real estate industry is in a constant state of evolution even during ordinary times. During these extraordinary times of financial uncertainty, the industry is changing faster than ever. This podcast series features experts discussing emerging trends and innovative strategies, and how they are adapting existing strategies to keep up with today's shifting landscape. These interviews aim to increase understanding of the industry.

Research Insights
The Research Insights podcast series offers discussions by Atlanta Fed economists and other experts on a variety of topics related to policy issues of interest to the Bank's Research Department.

Southeastern Economic Perspectives
The Southeastern Economic Perspectives podcast series features interviews and commentaries examining economic and industry trends in the Southeast.

Speeches
This podcast series features speeches by Atlanta Fed officials discussing events pertaining to the economy and finance and banking.